LET'S SEE SOME APPROPRIATELY DISTANCED EXCITEMENT

It's St. Patrick's day, minions, and as I look out there, I can practically read the excitement on your faces.

Oh, are these not yours? My bad. 

Now, obviously our St. Paddy celebrations will have to be curtailed this year. Or they will if you're the type who'd normally spend tonight at Irish bars kissing strangers with sprayed-on red hair and light-up shamrock necklaces.

Let me (and the CDC) be perfectly clear on this:

NO KISSING STRANGERS TONIGHT. Irish or otherwise.

Also try not to touch anyone. I'm talking air high-fives only! Here, this rainbow and shamrock will demonstrate:

NO TOUCHIE

We'll just have to find other ways to celebrate St. Paddy's. You know, like painting a rainbow on the backs of our legs & bum so when we sit on the work photocopier it looks like this:

Or was that example too specific?

I suppose we could also craft a pretty floral cowboy hat and display it on a pickle:

NOICE

Or play that game where you send this picture to all your friends with no explanation:

... then see how long it takes them to A) figure out what it says, and B) respond with, "What's THAT supposed to mean?"

(I genuinely had to give up and read the e-mail for the answer. I still only see "Wehty You.")

Well, however you choose to celebrate today, minions, I'd like to leave you with the wise words of a baker who was once asked that age old question, "Can you write 'Happy St. Patrick's Day?' And add a shamrock?"

::nodding solemnly::

Happy Paprack, y'all. HAPPY PAPRACK. 

 Thanks to Patricia D., Margaret C., Mona T., Sarah H., Isabel A., Kenneth K., & Shannon M. for discovering the best new holiday since Falker Satherhood.

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Yesterday I showed you the cutest miniature dragon, but hold on to your hats:

Mini Dragon Roaring

There are more, and THEY GET EVEN CUTER. I linked the roaring one because it's my favorite, but all three are in the same listing. So cute, I want to make a terrarium just for these!

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And from my other blog, Epbot:

Good Ol' Reliable Rex

How's this for a strange Monday, eh, minions? I mean, I'm always an anti-social hermit holed up with my cats and snacks, but this may be new territory for you lot. So on behalf of all anti-social introverts who work from home, allow me to just say... Welcome.

And listen, don't you worry. Whether you're spending extra time chilling at home or off scavenging Mad Max style for your neighborhood's last roll of toilet paper, some things never change.

Like the fact that you could ask your baker for "Happy March Birthdays" in a St. Patrick's theme... and get this:

GO TEAM

And while you're at it:

You know what they say, once you go Irish.... you... look... delish?

 (I don't know, I panicked. WHAT.)

Some of you were worried they'd run out, but never fear:

Green snake bread is here.

(The fact that it's displayed with the Guinness seems to be a commentary of some sort...) 

Also here? Whatever these are:

And whatever this means:

GO U! I think. Is it a U? And why the middle cupcake? What is happening here? You know what, maybe we need Guinness with these, too. Better safe than sorry.

So remember, minions, today may be a bit strange, but you can always rely on the comforting snuggles of pets, the love of your family and friends, the vast beauty of untamed nature around you...

... and the fact that bakers will just never get the rainbow right.

o.0

Thanks to Erica L., Dion H., Emma D., Renee B., Jocelyn T., & Lindsay W. for the wrecky rainbow(?) connection.

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It's no leprechaun, but I found another green magical creature who is WAY cuter:

Miniature Terrarium Dragon

This bitty dragon is SO CUTE, omigosh - and the comment reviews on Amazon are full of sweet little fairy gardens! I think I'd put her on my monitor, though, so I could look at her all day.

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And new on my other blog, Epbot: